Tampa Bay, Florida -- The National Weather Service has canceled the Tornado Watch for three Bay area counties. The Tornado Watch is still going on for the six other counties included in the original alert earlier today.

The counties still under the Tornado Watch include:

Hardee
Highlands
Hillsborough
Manatee
Polk
Sarasota

The advisory is scheduled to be in effect until 11 p.m.

The counties no longer under the Tornado Watch are:

Hernando
Pasco
Pinellas

Primary threats include several tornadoes with a few intense tornadoes possible and several damaging wind gusts likely with a few significant gusts to 75 mph possible.